Officials from Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) told the court that during the search of the residence of Amos Chanda, former press aide to ex president Edgar Lungu, his wife and sister-in-law threatened to cut or mutilate their private parts.
In the court documents seen nine ACC officers from within Lusaka, nine officers were drenched by showers of insults that they received as they attempted to turn Chanda’s house upside down in search of corruption evidence.
The documents state that Chanda’s wife, Mable together with her sister Ruth, in Bemba language threatened to cut the labia of the officers, called them mere vaginas, penises, monkeys and baboons, and further, mentioned the private parts of their fathers.
For his part, Chanda is alleged to a have used milder descriptions of the officers branding them as ‘idiots’ and ‘criminals’.
Meanwhile, trial is currently underway after the trio pleaded not guilty.
